TABLE 2 in A morphological review of the jellyfish genus Nausithoe Kölliker, 1853 (Nausithoideae, Coronatae, Scyphozoa, Cnidaria)

TABLE 2. Updated list of the 20 valid species of the genus Nausithoe K̂lliker, 1853, and brief information about life cycle and geographical distribution (with new localities for some species, obtained from museum specimens).
valid Species namePolypMedusaSynonymsDistributionNew localitiesNausithoe albatrossiNot knownPresentNauphanta albatrossiE Pacific, deep sea E Pacific, deep sea-Nausithoe atlanticaNot knownPresentN Atlantic, deep seaNE Pacific, USANausithoe challengeriNot knownPresentNauphanta challengeriS Atlantic, deep sea S Atlantic, deep seaMid N AtlanticNausithoe clausiNot knownPresentN Pacific, E of Caroline islands-Nausithoe eumedusoidesSolitaryReducedStephanoscyphus eumedusoidesMediterranean, submarine caves Mediterranean, submarine caves-Nausithoe globiferaSolitaryPresentNE Atlantic, deep seaMediterraneanNausithoe hagenbeckiSolitaryPresentunknown, aquarium animal-Nausithoe limpidaNot knownPresentNW Atlantic, deep sea-Nausithoe maculataSolitaryPresentNausithoe aureaW Atlantic, shallow water SW Atlantic, shallow water-Nausithoe marginataSolitaryPresentMediterranean, shallow waterPuerto RicoNausithoe pictaNot knownPresentMalayan Archipelago and CE Pacific-Nausithoe planulophoraSolitaryAbsentStephanoscyphus planulophorusMediterranean, submarine caves Mediterranean, submarine caves-Nausithoe punctataColonialPresentStephanoscyphus mirabilis Nausithoe albida Nausicaa phaecum Liniscus cyamopterus Nausithoe punctata var. pacificaWorldwide(?), shallow water Antibes, France Messin, Italy Corfu, Greece Cape Verde, W Africa Suva Island, Fiji-Nausithoe racemosaColonialReducedStephanoscyphus racemosusJapan, shallow water Japan, shallow water-Nausithoe rubraNot knownPresentWorldwide(?), deep sea-Nausithoe simplexSolitaryNot knownStephanoscyphus simplex Stephanoscyphistoma simplexNW Atlantic, deep sea S Greenland S Greenland-Nausithoe sorbeiSolitaryPresentNE Atlantic, deep sea-Nausithoe striataSolitaryNot knownTubularia striata Scyphistoma striatum Stephanoscyphus striatus Stephanoscyphistoma striatusAntarctica, deep sea Antarctica, deep sea Antarctica, deep sea Antarctica, deep sea Antarctica, deep sea-Nausithoe thieliSolitaryPresent (only ephyra known)Red Sea, deep sea-Nausithoe werneriSolitaryPresentNE and SW Atlantic, Mediterranean and Artic Ocean, deep sea-